Contemplative Bible Reading

Isaiah 55:8-9 (New Living Translation)

“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
⁹ For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

How much higher are the heavens than the earth? Where does the earth end and the sky begin? If I jump off the ground, am I in the sky? I suppose some philosophers will debate these questions endlessly. Maybe there is merit in those debates; maybe not.

For me, the earth and the heavens are two different places. Like a one-zero situation (I’m a computer person). You are in one of the places or in the other. You don’t move between them. They are simply different.

These are the LORD’s thoughts compared to mine. The LORD’s thoughts are not higher than mine, not better, not deeper. The LORD’s thoughts cannot be compared to mine. They are simply different. I can’t go there; I can’t imagine them.

Still, the LORD knows me, loves me, and has provided for me. Thank you LORD.